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Garmin [garmin.com] - Forerunner 255 GPS Smartwatch 46 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Slate Gray or Tidal Blue
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About this product:
- Slim design and an always-on, full-color display
- Light on the wrist and easy to read even in direct sunlight
- Up to 14 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 30 hours in GPS mode
- Full picture of your health, from sleep to training
- Morning report summarizes your sleep, HRV (heart rate variability) status and daily workout suggestion
- Training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on course details, weather and performance
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The 255 Music is $300 (and comes in black)
The 265 is always $360 on Garmin with the 20% off Optimity discount. It's essentially a 255 Music but with an OLED screen (and Training Readiness metric).
The new 165 also has an OLED screen but is geared exclusively to runners, so it's missing a lot of features from the 255/265 (ie. no multisport mode, no power meter support, etc.). Watch a DCRainMaker or DesFit review for further break down.
I had the 255 Music before returning for a 265. They've both continued to get software updates adding some new metrics that aren't covered in the original reviews and are great multisport watches alongside the more premium 955/965; the days of needing a Fenix/Epix for triathlons are over. Obviously buy from REI since they have a 90 day return policy for members.
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The 255 Music is $300 (and comes in black)
The 265 is always $360 on Garmin with the 20% off Optimity discount. It's essentially a 255 Music but with an OLED screen (and Training Readiness metric).
The new 165 also has an OLED screen but is geared exclusively to runners, so it's missing a lot of features from the 255/265 (ie. no multisport mode, no power meter support, etc.). Watch a DCRainMaker or DesFit review for further break down.
I had the 255 Music before returning for a 265. They've both continued to get software updates adding some new metrics that aren't covered in the original reviews and are great multisport watches alongside the more premium 955/965; the days of needing a Fenix/Epix for triathlons are over. Obviously buy from REI since they have a 90 day return policy for members.
Mapping is definitely useful if you're doing ultras/trail runs and pretty out there hikes -- personally I'd rec the Forerunner 955/965 over the Fenix/Epix, I think DCRainMaker had a similar opinion.
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Mapping is definitely useful if you're doing ultras/trail runs and pretty out there hikes -- personally I'd rec the Forerunner 955/965 over the Fenix/Epix, I think DCRainMaker had a similar opinion.
I've had afib a couple times in the past, so kinda gives me peace of mind. Prefer not to carry my kardia around outside the house, but its not a must. The mapping seems more useful but realistically I'm probably fine just using my phone for that.
Very accurate. Within a couple tenths of a mile of the official NPS mileage.